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History Of Masonry.
by the . architect Denocrates , at the expence of the nei ghboiirirtg princes and states . The Assyrians , ever since Nimrod and Ninus , had cultivated the royal art , especially at their great Nineveh , down to King Pul , to whom Jonah preached ; and his son Savdan Pul , the mean and effeminate Sardanapaluswho was besieged by his brother Tilath P ul
, g Eser , and his genera ! Nabonassar ; fill he burnt himself with his con-. cubines and treasure in old Nimrod ' s palace , in the twelfth year of Jotham king of Judah . [[ A . M . 3257- ] The empire was then partitioned between Tiglath Pul Eser , who succeeded , in Nineveh , and Nabonassar who established himself in Chaldasa .
Nabonassar , called also Belesis or Laladan , an excellent astronomer and architect , built his new metropolis upon the ruins of a part of old Nimrod ' s works , near the great old Tower of Babel , then standing ; and called it Babylon ; which was founded in the first year of the Nabonassarian , or famous astronomical sera : for this city is not noticed by any author before Isaiah , who both mentions its rise , and foretells its ruin .
The science and the art did not only flourish long in eastern Asia * to the farthest East Indies ; but also before the days of Nebuchadnezzar the Great , we find that Masonry took a western course : for the disciples of Solomon ' s travellers , by the encouragements of princes and states west of the Assyrian bounds , built , enlarged , and adorned a great number of cities and towns -such as Roristheues
, and Sinope in Pontus ; Nicomedia , Prusias , and Chakedon in Bithynia ; Bizantium , now Constantinople , Cizicus also , and Lampsacus in the Helespont ; Abdara in Thrace : also in Greece , Tarentum , Regiura , Rome , Raveuua , Grotona , Florence ; and many more in Italy ; Granada , Malaga , Gades , & c . in Spain ; Massilia , and others on the coast of Gaul ; Britain being then unknown .
[ Before Christ 740 . ] The Syrians adorned Damascus , by fhe assistance of Solomon ' s masons , with a lofty temple , a royal palace , and a public altar of most admirable workmanship ; which last so ravished Ahaz , king of Judah , that he caused a model of it to be taken , and sent it to Urijah , the high-priest of Jerusalem ; and , upon his return , having removed the altar of the Lord out of its place in the
temple , ordered this new altar to be set up in its stead . After the good Josiah , king of Judah , fighting- for his superior Nabopolassar , was slain in the battle of Hadah Kimmon , by Pharoah Necho , all things went wrong in Judah ; for the grand monarch Nebuchadnezzar , first his father ' s partner , having defeated Necho , jnade Josiah ' s son Jehoiakim his vassal ; and , for his revolting , he
ruined him . At length he captivated all the remaining royal family of Judah , with the flower ofthe nobles , especially of the more ingenious craftsmen ; laid waste the whole land of Israel , burnt and demolished ail the fine edifices , and also the inimitable temple of Solomon , after it had been finished and consecrated 416 years . For , on . the seven : h day of the fifth month , answering to the end of our Jul } ' , rame Nebuzaradan , captain of the guards to the king of Babylon , ¦ '' - & Jerusalem , and after having taken out all the sacred vessels , the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
History Of Masonry.
by the . architect Denocrates , at the expence of the nei ghboiirirtg princes and states . The Assyrians , ever since Nimrod and Ninus , had cultivated the royal art , especially at their great Nineveh , down to King Pul , to whom Jonah preached ; and his son Savdan Pul , the mean and effeminate Sardanapaluswho was besieged by his brother Tilath P ul
, g Eser , and his genera ! Nabonassar ; fill he burnt himself with his con-. cubines and treasure in old Nimrod ' s palace , in the twelfth year of Jotham king of Judah . [[ A . M . 3257- ] The empire was then partitioned between Tiglath Pul Eser , who succeeded , in Nineveh , and Nabonassar who established himself in Chaldasa .
Nabonassar , called also Belesis or Laladan , an excellent astronomer and architect , built his new metropolis upon the ruins of a part of old Nimrod ' s works , near the great old Tower of Babel , then standing ; and called it Babylon ; which was founded in the first year of the Nabonassarian , or famous astronomical sera : for this city is not noticed by any author before Isaiah , who both mentions its rise , and foretells its ruin .
The science and the art did not only flourish long in eastern Asia * to the farthest East Indies ; but also before the days of Nebuchadnezzar the Great , we find that Masonry took a western course : for the disciples of Solomon ' s travellers , by the encouragements of princes and states west of the Assyrian bounds , built , enlarged , and adorned a great number of cities and towns -such as Roristheues
, and Sinope in Pontus ; Nicomedia , Prusias , and Chakedon in Bithynia ; Bizantium , now Constantinople , Cizicus also , and Lampsacus in the Helespont ; Abdara in Thrace : also in Greece , Tarentum , Regiura , Rome , Raveuua , Grotona , Florence ; and many more in Italy ; Granada , Malaga , Gades , & c . in Spain ; Massilia , and others on the coast of Gaul ; Britain being then unknown .
[ Before Christ 740 . ] The Syrians adorned Damascus , by fhe assistance of Solomon ' s masons , with a lofty temple , a royal palace , and a public altar of most admirable workmanship ; which last so ravished Ahaz , king of Judah , that he caused a model of it to be taken , and sent it to Urijah , the high-priest of Jerusalem ; and , upon his return , having removed the altar of the Lord out of its place in the
temple , ordered this new altar to be set up in its stead . After the good Josiah , king of Judah , fighting- for his superior Nabopolassar , was slain in the battle of Hadah Kimmon , by Pharoah Necho , all things went wrong in Judah ; for the grand monarch Nebuchadnezzar , first his father ' s partner , having defeated Necho , jnade Josiah ' s son Jehoiakim his vassal ; and , for his revolting , he
ruined him . At length he captivated all the remaining royal family of Judah , with the flower ofthe nobles , especially of the more ingenious craftsmen ; laid waste the whole land of Israel , burnt and demolished ail the fine edifices , and also the inimitable temple of Solomon , after it had been finished and consecrated 416 years . For , on . the seven : h day of the fifth month , answering to the end of our Jul } ' , rame Nebuzaradan , captain of the guards to the king of Babylon , ¦ '' - & Jerusalem , and after having taken out all the sacred vessels , the